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(Redirected from Bolshoi Zlatoust) Church in Yekaterinburg, Russia
Great Zlatoust Church
Большой Златоуст
LocationYekaterinburg
CountryRussia
DenominationOrthodoxy
History
Founded1847
Architecture
Architect(s)Vasily Morgan
Architectural typeRussian-Byzantine
Years built1847-1876
Administration
DioceseYekaterinburg

56°50′03.82″N 60°36′03.65″E / 56.8343944°N 60.6010139°E / 56.8343944; 60.6010139 The Bolshoi Zlatoust (Большой Златоуст) is a 77-metre (253 ft)-high bell tower that used to dominate the skyline of Yekaterinburg before the Russian Revolution. It was the tallest building in the Urals region. It was destroyed in 1930 and rebuilt 80 years later.

The name translates as "Great (or Big) Chrysostom", a reference to the Orthodox church in the name of St. John Chrysostom, who was (and is), along with St. Basil the Great and St. Gregory of Nazianzus, one of the most honoured Holy Fathers in Russia. This church occupied the place during the early 19th century. The bell tower was designed in 1847 by Vasily Morgan in a Russo-Byzantine style derived from Konstantin Thon's works. It required almost 30 years to build. The church in the ground floor was dedicated to St. Maximian, one of the Seven Sleepers and the patron saint of the Czar's son-in-law, Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg.

After the Russian Revolution the church of St. Maximian was closed for worship, eventually dismantled in 1930, and replaced with a statue of Lenin and Stalin. The church was rebuilt in the early 21st century. The builders relied on old photographs and descriptions.

  • The church in 1910 (a Prokudin-Gorsky photo) The church in 1910
    (a Prokudin-Gorsky photo)
  • The church before destruction (late 1920s) The church before destruction (late 1920s)
  • The church during reconstruction (2008) The church during reconstruction (2008)
  • The church after reconstruction (2013) The church after reconstruction (2013)
  • The church in 2022 The church in 2022
  • The church in 2023 The church in 2023
  • The church in March 2024 The church in March 2024

References

  1. "В самом центре Екатеринбурга будет восстановлен самый высокий дореволюционный храм города. Закладка восстанавливаемой святыни состоялась 14 октября | Православная газета". orthodox-newspaper.ru.
  2. "Контур.ЖКХ Квартплата - программа для ведения бухгалтерского учета для УК и ТСЖ в сфере ЖКХ". СКБ Контур.
  3. "Памятник И. Малышеву в Екатеринбурге". Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-12-01.
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